All Posts Tagged With: "MS"
VMware, Cisco Join Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program
Microsoft’s Server Virtualization Validation Program, which was first announced in November 2007, and launched last June with the patricipation of Citrix, Sun, Novell and Virtual Iron, signed up two notable new members with Cisco and VMware.
19Aug2008 | Robin Wauters | 1 comment | ContinuedMicrosoft To CIOs: “Virtualization Is Too Expensive”
At the European CIO summit, Barbara Gordon, Microsoft’s EMEA VP for Enterprise Sales stated that Microsoft sees price as a differentiator in the virtualization market. Martin Niemer from VMware disagrees.
17Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 1 comment | ContinuedDell Reportedly Plans To Give Away VMware ESX Server 3i For Free, World Keeps Turning
According to The Inquirer, it appears Dell is considering to stop charging VMware ESX Server 3i licensing fees on its PowerEdge servers to its customers. This was reportedly said by VMWare’s Senior Product Marketing Manager Martin Niemer and comes two weeks after the virtualization vendor announced it would start embedding the 32 MB hypervisor across Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP and IBM servers.
15Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 4 comments | ContinuedMicrosoft Opened Up Virtualization For Vista Under Court Pressure
Earlier this year, Microsoft surprisingly flip-flopped its earlier decision not to allow users to run Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium as guest operating systems on a virtual machine. According to Computerworld, court documents now prove MS did this because of a complaint filed with antitrust regulators.
11Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 1 comment | ContinuedMicrosoft’s Ray Ozzie On Cloud & Utility Computing
Interesting interview up on GigaOM today, featuring Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect and industry luminary Ray Ozzie talking about MS’s strategy, the economics of cloud computing and the relevance of desktop and infrastructure challenges.
10Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | Continued
